Daytona 24 Hours 1987 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The 25th Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona		Date: 1.2.1987
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 1) IMSA GTO (round 1) IMSA GTU (round 1) International Motor Sport Association (round 1)

Weather:	cold
Start time:	31/1 15:30
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	20000

Entered:	73
Practiced:	69
Qualified:	69
Started:	69
Finished:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start
IMSA GTP	15	15
IMSA GTP Lights	15	15
IMSA GTO	27	27
IMSA GTU	12	12

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Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 11 laps (30 minutes)

Pre-race sessions:
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 60 minutes on 29-30/1
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 345 minutes on 29-30/1
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	14	Porsche 962	Robinson / Bell / Unser, Jr. / Holbert
IMSA GTP Lights:	01	Spice SE86CL Pontiac Fiero GTP	Earl / Bell / Kline
IMSA GTO:	11	Ford Mustang	Gloy / Elliot / St. James / Pruett
IMSA GTU:	71	Mazda RX-7	Johnson / Shaw / Lazier
Leaders:
laps 1-10:	86	Porsche 962
laps 11-14:	52	Chevrolet Corvette GTP
laps 139-166:	1	Porsche 962
laps 15-34:	86	Porsche 962
laps 166-186:	14	Porsche 962
laps 184-200:	1	Porsche 962
laps 201-388:	14	Porsche 962
lap 35:	67	Porsche 962
laps 36-138:	86	Porsche 962
laps 389-422:	1	Porsche 962
laps 423-500:	14	Porsche 962
laps 500-535:	1	Porsche 962
lap 536:	14	Porsche 962
laps 537-568:	1	Porsche 962
laps 569-753:	14	Porsche 962
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	3	Porsche 962	Oscar Larrauri (RA)	1:43.070	200.111 km/h	lap 502
IMSA GTP Lights:	01	Spice SE86CL Pontiac Fiero GTP	Bob Earl (USA)	1:57.790	175.551 km/h	lap 506
IMSA GTO:	28	Chevrolet Camaro	Greg Pickett (USA)	1:53.700	181.402 km/h	lap 5
IMSA GTU:	75	Mazda RX-7	Tom Kendall (USA)	2:05.120	164.845 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	86	Porsche 962	Jochen Mass (D)	1:41.005	204.202 km/h
IMSA GTP Lights:	01	Spice SE86CL Pontiac Fiero GTP	Bob Earl (USA)	1:49.719	187.983 km/h
IMSA GTO:	28	Chevrolet Camaro	Greg Pickett (USA)	1:50.792	186.163 km/h
IMSA GTU:	75	Mazda RX-7	Tom Kendall (USA)	2:02.467	168.416 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Chevrolet (16), Porsche (12), Mazda (10), Ford (6), Tiga (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Mazda (17), Chevrolet (17), Porsche (14), Ford (7), Pontiac (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Mazda RX-7 (10), Porsche 962 (9), Chevrolet Camaro (9)
Driver nationalities:	USA (188), CDN (8), GB (7), D (4), I (3), ZA (2), NZ (2), RA (2)
Most used colours:	white (42%), red (17%), yellow (15%), blue (13%), black (6%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (52%), mid-engined (42%), rear-engined (6%)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (55), Brian Redman (50), Eppie Wietzes (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Bill Auberlen (19), Paul Dallenbach (20), Tom Kendall (21)
Female drivers:	Deborah Gregg, Linda Ludemann, Lyn St. James

Official Race Programme:

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